HealthTap Online Primary Care Doctors Accepting New Patients
Book a video visit
HealthTap
Telehealth
A member asked:

I don't love my mother. how can i feel differently?

A doctor has provided 1 answer
Dr. Barbara Lavi answered

Specializes in Clinical Psychology

My guess is that: Your mother hurt you in some way growing up. You may be angry and unwilling to forgive her. Even if you cannot forgive her, caring anger towards a parent for 47 years is harmful to you and may impact on your ability to love other women or men for that matter. Contact a psychologist and work on whatever happened to lead to your feelings towards her.

Answered 1/15/2014

4.6k views

Thank

Related Questions

A member asked:

Is the age at which a woman's mother or sister began menopause have any bearing on when she will begin menopause or is it more of an individual, everyone-is-different situation?

3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

A member asked:

Does a mother deprivation syndrome affect height growth of a child? I grow up with father only and didn't get a mom's love and caring...

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

Dealing with increasing levels of sociopathy I have always had a moderate level of sociopathy. It was apparant, at leas tto me, since age 5 that i was missing something others had. At 5 and 6, both my mother and grandmother, who never talked, at diffeent

6 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

A member asked:

If my 72 year old mother's kidneys are only working 31 percent could that make her hurt in different areas of her body?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

My mother grandmother and grandfather all died of different types of cancer are me and my two sisters likely to get cancer?

3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Sponsored Content
HealthTap Medical Group does not endorse products or services. Sponsored content revenues support our mission to make health information free and accessible to all.Learn more

People also searched for:

My mother suffers from enlargement of lymph nodes for almost many years. We went to different doctors, still they don't have the accurate explanation. What should I do?
Im 39 a mother of 1, been single for 5 yrs. I have loved 4 many yrs and i have lost, is it normally not to ever get involved again. Am a happy person.
Can science explain love, for example between mother and daughter ?
Is there really a "biological" bond between a mother and child, or is it earned through love and caring?
I set myself on fire at age 4, fell in love with a older guy at 14, mother was killed when i was 4.Now I am very mean, very!is something wrong with me?

Telemedicine

Primary Care
Manage Your Conditions
Women's Health
Children's Health
Men's Health
Senior Health
Wellness, Prevention & Lifestyle
Sexual Health
Mental & Behavioral Health
Travel Medicine
Urgent Care
Ask your question
Didn't find what you're looking for?

90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.

Ask your question

More of what we treat

Allergies
Antibiotics
Asthma
High Blood Pressure
Prescriptions
Type 2 Diabetes
Content on HealthTap (including answers) should not be used for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and interactions on HealthTap do not create a doctor-patient relationship. Never disregard or delay professional medical advice in person because of anything on HealthTap. Call your doctor or 911 if you think you may have a medical emergency.
HealthTap
HIPAA logo
HIPAASecure
Soc 2 Type 2 logo
SOC 2 Type 2Certified
JCAHO Accredited
JCAHOAccredited
Member App

Download HealthTap

Video visit and message your doctor

Member App QR Code
Play Store Member LinkApp Store Member Link

Questions?

+1 (888) 828-0841support@healthtap.com
LinkedInTwitter
HomeTermsPrivacyCookiesDMCAHealth TopicsDoctors DirectoryDoctor Q&A by Specialty
Copyright 2026 HealthTap, Inc.